Palliative Care Patients
Genesis Palliative Care Patients Share Their Stories
Read about Franklin Beaver and how the Genesis Palliative Care team reached out to improve his quality of life.
Complex COPD Patient Finds Relief With Palliative Care
Franklin Beaver’s health was not good. He had been hospitalized for severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). “When we first met him, he was in really bad shape,” said Donna Lewis, Advanced Practice Nurse, Clinical Nurse Specialist (APRN-CNS), Genesis Palliative Care.
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Palliative Care
Palliative Care is available close to home
When you or someone you love is facing a serious illness, it’s a challenge. There can be many stresses – for both the family and the patient.
Genesis provides palliative care to offer comfort for patients and their families dealing with serious illnesses. Palliative means comfort in Latin, and that’s exactly the goal of palliative care – provide comfort for patients at any age or stage of an illness. The specialized medicine helps patients deal with the symptoms, pain and stress of a serious illness. We provide care to patients when they are in the hospital, in the Genesis Cancer Care Center, in assisted living facilities and in their homes.
Conditions treated
The illnesses can include:
- Advanced lung diseases (such as COPD or emphysema)
- Advanced heart disease (such as heart failure)
- Cancer
- Advanced liver or kidney disease
- Stroke or neurological disease
Tests and treatments
You can get palliative care along with the treatments you’re receiving. The goal of the specialized medicine is to relieve suffering by treating the total pain that can include physical, psychological and/or spiritual.
In a serious illness, the symptoms can include pain, shortness of breath, fatigue (tiredness), nausea, difficulty sleeping, depression, anxiety and decreased appetite.
You can get help with:
- complex pain
- shortness of breath (dyspnea)
- fatigue (tiredness)
- depression
- anxiety
- difficulty sleeping (insomnia)
- decreased appetite
Most insurance companies cover palliative care, and the services can be provided in the hospital, at home or in assisted living facilities.
Meet the team
The goal is to offer you and your loved ones the best possible quality of life and make sure you’re getting the best possible care. It’s a team effort that includes access to care such as:
- specialized physicians
- advanced practice nurses
- registered nurses
- chaplains
- social workers
- psychologists
- massage therapists
- music therapists
- pharmacists
- volunteers
Why choose us?
You don’t want to travel long distances when you have a loved one with a serious illness. We’re here to provide care closer to home. The care can be provided in the hospital, at home or in an assisted living facility.
What’s the difference between Palliative Care and Hospice?
Palliative care doesn’t mean it’s the end of life. Hospice is a type of palliative care designed for patients with a life expectancy of less than 6 months.
Palliative Care can help you and your family by:
- Managing pain and symptoms that come with some serious illnesses
- Support and guidance in making difficult medical decisions
- Navigating the health care system by working with your physicians to make sure you’re getting the best care that’s right for you
- Emotional and spiritual support for you and your family
How can we help?
We welcome your questions and look forward to helping improve the quality of life for patients in our community dealing with a serious illness.
Contact Genesis Palliative Care
Our office is located at the Genesis Cancer Care Center, 2951 Maple Ave.
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Pain Management
Interventional Pain Management Clinic
Chronic pain can keep you from living your life to the fullest. Our team of experts at the Interventional Pain Management Clinic is here to help. We focus on reducing your pain without medication and helping you enjoy life again.
The Genesis Interventional Pain Management Clinic has helped people with pain return to fuller lives for more than 25 years. Our physicians specialize in pain medicine and the newest techniques for providing the highest quality of care. Our physicians are also able to provide a variety of nerve blocks and implantable devices to provide long-lasting pain relief. We also use the latest imaging techniques such as the Sonosite® Ultrasound to provide the most efficient and effective treatments.
Through our network of specialized providers we're also able to offer more unique solutions to pain management. Specialized therapies are available at Genesis Outpatient Rehabilitation. In addition, we can direct you to psychological counseling to help you and your family cope with the emotional consequences of pain and concerns about using medications long term for pain control.
Our Program Goals:
- Stop pain in its tracks
- Minimize the time involved
- Get you back to work, home and play
Procedures Performed Include:
- Nerve Blocks
- Sympathetic Blocks - Stellate, Lumbar
- Epidural Steroid Injections - Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar (including transforaminal), Caudal
- Facet Joint Injections - Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar
- Medial Branch Blocks/Radiofrequency Ablation - Cervical, Lumbar
- Joint Injections
- Trigger Point Injections
- Percutaneous Lysis of Adhesions
- Spinal Cord Stimulators
The first step is to evaluate your unique pain management needs, and along with you as a member of the team, develop your treatment plan. You can have your primary care doctor make a referral or you can call 740-454-4712 for more information.
Interventional Pain Management Clinic
Our goal is to alleviate your pain without medication and help you enjoy life again. Learn more about how we can help you. Ask your doctor for a referral to our anesthesia pain physicians or call us for more information
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Nutrition Education
Nutrition Education
Eat well and live a healthier lifestyle with help from our team of registered dietitians at Genesis HealthCare System. We offer a variety of programs for all ages.
Nutrition consultation
Certain diagnoses and conditions can improve with the right diet. We’ll help you understand what you need to eat and why. Call Genesis Diabetes & Nutrition Education to learn more about diets and education for:
- Athletic performance
- Celiac disease
- Cholesterol and heart disease
- Diabetes
- Diverticulitis (digestive inflammation)
- Eating disorders
- Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)
- Pregnancy and breast feeding
- Weight management for children, teens and adults
Your first appointment
After your physician referral, you’ll be scheduled for a one-on-one appointment with a registered dietitian to talk about your diet. Together you'll create a meal plan and set nutrition and/or fitness goals that can work for you.
Monitoring your progress
Schedule follow-up sessions to monitor your progress, learn new skills―like label-reading and cooking modifications―and help you make positive changes in eating and exercise habits.
Mindful eating at Genesis
At Genesis HealthCare System, we’re setting the example with mindful eating. Mindful eating is balancing nutrition while still enjoying the food and flavors you love. You’ll see Mindful logos on menu items in the Genesis Hospital cafeteria.
Track your progress
Keeping track of what you eat can help you understand where you need to make changes. Consider a handy dietary log to track your progress.
Community Education
You’ll find our nutritionists out and about in the community, helping you and your neighbors learn to make healthy eating choices. If you’re interested in having a dietician speak with your group, learn about the Speakers Bureau or call Genesis Diabetes & Nutrition Education today.
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Nurse Line
NurseLine
Registered nurses with emergency medicine experience staff the Genesis NurseLine phones.
Registered nurses have the knowledge to help you make informed decisions about immediate health concerns. The NurseLine staff won't diagnose your problem, but you'll feel better knowing trained nurses are listening to your concerns and helping you make informed decisions.
Call Genesis NurseLine
Count on Genesis NurseLine to get you accurate, reliable answers, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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Occupational Rehabilitation
Occupational Rehabilitation
After an employee encounters a work-related injury, you’re eager to help them recover, feel well and return to work. The occupational rehabilitation service at Genesis Occupational Health can help. Our rehab programs assess the employees’ abilities to get back on the job, and a plan is developed to return to work.
For patients, family members and caregivers living with a recent or existing traumatic brain injury, we offer our brain injury support group to share your experiences, challenges and receive support.
After an injury, employees can receive high-quality, cost-effective treatment for a prompt return to work and a healthy life. We have a wide array of occupational rehab therapies for neck, back and orthopedic injuries to get employees back to work. Referrals can also be made to specialists when needed.
- Back pain, back strains
- Bursitis
- Chronic pain
- Minor fractures
- Muscle injuries
- Neck injuries, neck strains
- Orthopedic injuries
- Post-surgical cases
- Spinal cord injury
- Sprains and strains
- Tendonitis
Our therapists have special training in occupational rehabilitation and use programs especially designed to meet the employer’s and employee’s needs and goals. The treatments include general warmups, aerobics, circuit training (carry, lift, push/pull), sit/stand tolerance and education. Occupational rehabilitation completion can include up to 4 to 8 hours of therapy and simulating the job the employee will return to after therapy.
How our occupational rehab programs work
The employee will work with therapists in daily sessions at a Genesis Rehabilitation Services location to improve physical strength, aerobic fitness and work capacity for a more successful return to the workplace. A team of physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners and technicians is here to help, and employers are kept up to date about the employee’s injuries and recovery.
Work hardening
Work hardening is a program that focuses on work-related activities designed to prepare employees to get back on the job. The patient plays an active role in their rehabilitation by simulating their everyday work activities and receives an assessment to determine if they can return to work. Work hardening treatments start with 2 hours daily and progress to 4 to 8 hours a day by the end of the treatment.
Physical reconditioning
Physical reconditioning is designed to increase physical tolerance, psychological status and performance of duties. While physical conditioning is less intense than work hardening, the end goal is that a patient will be more employable by the end of the reconditioning. Treatment is typically three times a week for 2 hours each and patients receive an assessment to determine if they can return to work.
Functional capacity evaluation
Functional capacity evaluation looks at the individual’s musculoskeletal system, cardiovascular system, daily living activities, pain, body mechanics, sit/stand/drive tolerances, bending, reaching, squatting, climbing, lifting, carrying and push/pull activities. This type of evaluation assesses a patient's work abilities and their maximum ability to perform certain tasks.
Work capacity evaluation
Work capacity evaluation may include the same tests as the functional capacity evaluation, in addition to an evaluation of the patient's ability to complete specific work tasks related to his or her job specific demands.
Make an appointment with occupational rehab
Genesis has convenient locations in both Muskingum and Perry County offering occupational rehabilitation, including the Genesis Outpatient Rehabilitation and the Genesis Perry County Medical Center in Somerset. Occupational rehabilitation is also available at the Genesis HealthCenter-New Concord.
If you’d like more information about occupational rehab at Genesis Rehabilitation Services, please call today. A physician referral is required.
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